Shun DM0517W 7-Inch Ken Onion Hollow-Ground Santoku Knife

The Knife came today, it arrived razor sharp and beautiful.

The Cutting edge material is not VG10 as described, but the new propriatary VGMAX steel that Shun has been converting their knives to. It is supposed to be a bit less brittle, but based on VG-10.

I bought a Shun 22 knife Block from Amazon and was suprised to find that the knife did not fit the wide slots. .Shun 22-Slot Bamboo Knife Storage Block It would fit the very wide cleaver slot, but thats already taken with my cleaver. I do not want that edge pushing against the hard bamboo and getting dull or bent over.

There appears to be no good reason as to why there could not be a wider slot, there is plenty of room to have one, so I'll be getting out a saw and enlarging the appropriate slot. I'm not yet sure if I should make a keyhole shape so that all of the cutting edge will fit into the block, or just let it rest on the bolster.

At any rate, its a wonderful blade, and I love the handle, it fits my large hand

Update I took a meat saw to the slot in my Shun Bamboo block the one under the kitchen shears and it was easy to widen the sloot to almost 2-1/2 inches. (A meat saw is basically a giant hack saw with a blade 24 inches long) However, the blade of the knife does not fully insert into the block, so I need to make the slot keyhole shaped so the top of the knife bolster will slide into the slot until the blade is fully inserted. Its very sharp, and not good to have 1/2-3/4 inch of blade sticking out.

Another Update: After just one use, the edge of the blade crumbled and broke away. It was only used to cut vegetables (tomatoes, onions, carrots and celery), and only a small amount of these. I use a nylon cutting board, and the knife has been babied.

I suspect that the steel was overhardened, which makes it extremely brittle. I have ordered a replacement, so hopefully, its not batch related, but is a individual thing.

I've now had the replacement knife and used it for a few weeks with no further issues. I've had to hone it a few times, once it was so dull that it wouldn't slice tomatoes, just crush them, but a few strokes with a ceramic hone and it was back to full sharpness. I'm pretty sure that the first one had a issue with the metal, I have another Shun vegetable knife and its had no issues either, and its also the VG Max alloy.

This Santoku exceeded my expectations in all regards. A wonderful kitchen tool. Kudos to Ken Onion for this blade. I reach for it before my Global or Wusthof knives.

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I had to buy a kapoosh holder to keep it on the counter, but this eliminated one of the blocks I had.

This is my go to knife for everything now. Nice and sharp, and balanced. I can see this knife getting years of use and handed down. It is very well built and feels very balanced.

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I have several of the shun classic knives and I love them. This knife was my Christmas present to myself and it's wonderful! Its a great size, and I love the slight curve in the blade. Its different from the classic shun shape. The curve makes chopping herbs and mincing so easy! I've used many other knives and Shun is by far my favorite! Thin and strong with an extremely comfortable handle.

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I love this knife, I have had it 2 weeks and it is still sharp as heck, It cuts thru everything with ease, the balance is Awesome and it effortlessly chops and cuts, it is light years ahead of the Forschner that i bought 3 years ago. Thanks Ken Onion for designing such a great tool.

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